腠

腠 U+8160, 腠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8160 ← 腟 [U+815F] CJK Unified Ideographs 腡 → [U+8161]

Translingual

Han character

腠 (radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月手大大 (BQKK), four-corner 7523₄, composition ⿰⺼奏)

1. the tissue between the skin and the flesh

References

• KangXi: page 988, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29670
• Dae Jaweon: page 1440, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2093, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8160

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		腠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): còu (cou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³
• Min Nan (POJ): chò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: còu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻou4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: còu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰəu^H/

Rime
Character	腠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉奏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəwH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	còu

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腠
Reading #	1/1
No.	17910
Phonetic component	奏
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	輳
Old Chinese	/*sʰoːs/

Definitions

腠

1. the tissue between the skin and the flesh

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Japanese

Kanji

腠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō); す (su)
• Kun: きめ (kime)

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Korean

Hanja

腠 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

腠: Hán Nôm readings: thấu

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References

• Nom Foundation